Adjustable child&#39;s seat for barber-chairs



l.-A. JOHNSON.

ADJUSTABLE CHILD'S SEAT FOR BARBER CHAIRS.

Patented Feb 1 .5, 192i.

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I '1. A. JOHNSON. v ADJUSTABLE CHILDSSEAT FOR BARBER CHAIRS.

Patehted Feb. 15,1921

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.30 j lapsed form of the attachment, to assumea vention is toprovide a childs seat in the isits res ADJUSTABLE GHILDS SEAT FOR BARBER-CHAIRS.

neeasoa Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Feb; 15, 1921..

Application filed-July 15, 1919; Serial No. 311,104.

; To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISAAC A. J OHNSON, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Kansas City, county of Jackson, and State of Mimouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Childrens Seats for Barber-Chairs, of which the following is a complete specification. I The present invention relates to appliances or accessories for'barber chairs, and aims to provide an improved attachment for such chairs which will enable children to be seated at the proper height above the nor.- mal seat level provided by the chair.

. Accordingly one of the objects ofthe in? form of aniatta chment adapted to be supported-uponthe arms of the barber chair and provided with suitable means for securing the same in the, desired position.

It'is' also an object toprovide an attachment of this character having securing means which will permit the seat portion to be swung into position for. use and also serving to support the said' seat portion in dependingrelation at the side of the barber chairwhen notvin use.

A further object ofthe invention is to devise a collapsible :torm of; attachment in which the-seat portionis adapted, in the colposition on alevlwith: the armsof the barber chair, or at a higher levelabove said arms when the'attachment is raisedor ex- A still} further object of the invention is Y to provide an improved attachment ofzthis type in which the supporting members of theseat ,areadapted' to be adjusted to ac-' commodate different widths o tbar'ber chairs. With these general objects in viewthe invention W111 now: be; described .with lreference to the accompanying drawings illustrat ing'one form of constructionwhich I have devised for embodying the improvements,

after which the features therein deemed to be noveli-will The set forth and particularly chair provided'with an adjustableiandfdetachable childsseat constructed in accordance with the present invention;

Fig..2 is a similar view showing thedevice lincollapsed or-lowered position; Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the derelation shown in vice in depending relation at the side of the barber chair;

Fig. 4 is a sectional inverted planview of the device, on a larger scale;

. Fig. 5 is a similar view, but showing the seat in raised or extended position, and the device shown as attached to one of the chair arms and, with the adjustable supporting elements ofthe seat partly extended;

Fig. ,6 is a longitudinal section taken on Fig. 7 is a transverse section taken on the line 7-7 of Fig. 6; i

Fig. 8 is a sectional'detail view, taken on the line 88 of Fig. 4; and

Fig. 9 is anenlarged sectional detail view taken on the line 9-9 of Fig. 6.

' Referring now to the drawings; indetail, these show the improved attachment as comprising a seat member 10 provided with any suitable cushioning material 12 and carried sets.

nections with the rods 15, with their transverse, portions traversing the space between the sea-tend spring 24. Thesaid, arms 14 arealsoformed with inturned extensions 26 having pins 2'8fadaptedto engage the tubular members 18 when said arms are swung into upright position, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 6, in which position the transverse portions of said armsengage rubber buffers 3O vat-the ends of the seat and are latched in this position by buttons 32. carried by the spring 24, the arms riding overthese buttons into engagement with the buflers' 30.

their being engage% by said spring 24 in the 1g. 4. 1 I The seat structure thus far described is provided further with adjustable supporting means for resting on the arms 34 of a barber chair 35;this means comprising-angle pieces 36 provided with cushioning strips 38 for contact with said arms 34, said angle pieces 36 being secured to the outer ends of V by a pivotal link 48 to a short adjustable arm 50 comprised of tube and rod sections adjustably clamped by a screw 52, the said arm 50. having a swivel connection with a clamp engaging the'arm 34 of the chair. Thearm clamp comprises a pair of jawsections 54 with suitably cushioned gripping surfaces, said sections being connected by an adjustable pivot 56 and operated into arm-clamping relation by means of a screw 58 carried by one of said sections and a sleeve nut 60 mounted: in the other section.

The manner in which the attachmentis to be used will be clear and readily understood. from the foregoing description. to-' gather with the accompanying drawings iththe clamping jaws 54 applied tothe arm 34 of the chair 35, and when not in use, the seat may, if desired, be simply allowed to hang in depending relation from said arm atthe side of the chair withthe device in collapsed form as illustrated in Fig. 3; in this position, and to prevent the weight of the seat portion of the attachmentfrom pulling away from the adjacent angle piece 36, the seat is provided with a springcatch 62 (see Figs. 4 and 8) for engaging said angle piece and retaining the seat against thepull of gravity When the seat is to be used, the device is swung'up over the arms of the chair as illustrated in Figs. .1, 2' and 6, the catch 62 being released and the rods 40 drawn out from-the tubular members, 18 sufficiently to allow the angle pieces 36 to rest upon both arms of the chair. The purpose of the adjustment provided by the arm 50 is to insure proper location ofthe adja; cent angle piece 36 in the desired position on-the arm 34 of the chair. The seat '10 is 7 now firmly supported at the height of the chair arms 34, and for older children this height is 'sufiicient, but for smaller children thehelght of the seat may be readily; and

quickly changed by lifting the same and thereby simultaneously swinging 'thesarms 14 and latching said arms in upright posi; tion as shownin Figs. 1, 5 and 6." After using the seat --in this elevated position it may be loweredby simply 'depressi'ngthe ends of the sprin 24 and swinging thearms 14 inward and t ereby collapsing theseat to the position shown, in Fig. 2,"the spring 24 then serving again to hold said arms 14 in place, a

' I It isJthus apparent that IQha ve provided a simple, practical and efficient construction for carrylng out the desired objects of the invention. The device enables the bardevice for building up the seat for this purpose. The device is of neat and attractive formand can-be'left attached to the chair without interfering with the other operations of the barber," and furthermore is so constructed that the usezof the device in the described manner need-not-mar or injure the finish of the chair in any way.

While I'have described "and illustrated what Inow regard as thepreferred form of embodiment of the invention I desire to reserve the right to make such changes or alterations as may fairly fall within the scope of the appended claims' I .jVVhatI claim is: j t

L The combination with a barber chair,

of an adjustablechilds seat provided with adjustable supporting means adapted to "support said seat upon the arms of vsaid chair and'at different elevations above the same, and means ,for "detachably securing said seat to said chair, said securing means having .a flexible. connection with said supportingmeans for permitting thelatter to eitherrest upon said arms of-thechair or be swung into position atthe side of said chairp f 7 )2. The combination with a-barber' chair, of an adjustable childs seat' having' supporting elements adaptedto rest uponthe arms of said chair, said supportingfelements being adjustable for-l various widths" of chairs, adjustable seat carrying means. connected with said supporting elements and adapted to carry said'seat at different jele- 'vations above said arms, and means for'securing said supportingjelements .to said chair including provision for allowing said into depending relation at-the sidejof said chai'r; h

3. The combination with a"- barber chair, of acollapsible childs seat provided with adjustable l supporting '.elements for adj ustably positioning saidseat uponfjthe arms of the chair, said seat including means for re-- a seat and supporting elements to be; swung r ering said seat member, and spring means arranged to retain said arms either in upright position or in lowered position with said seat collapsed.

5. A collapsible childs seat structure for barber chairs, comprising a seat member, adjustable supporting members for adjustably positioning said seat member upon the arms of the chair, arms pivotally connected with said supporting members and carrying said seat member, said arms being adapted to swing inward toward each other for lowering said seat member, means limiting the outward swinging movement of said arms into upright position, and means operating to retain said arms either in upright position or in lowered position with said seat collapsed.

In witness whereof I hereto aflix my signature.

ISAAC A. JOHNSON. 

